W. E. B. Du Bois FBI file

Cn September 11, 1957* a- confidential source advised
that MAX WEISS had stated the Communist Party (CP) in New
York State would set up a Marxist institute which will i

teach a "US” .version of Marxism. This institute would i

be intended primarily for young people and will also be
available to "People who can*t come into the Party and the
fringe groups." , The informant stated that WEISS had
advised^ that he (WEISS) would be In charge of this
institute and in tie organization of it* The informant
stated that WEISS had sin ced that the progra •' of this
institute would be "important and well thought out."

011 Au & ust ^ 1958 , another confidential source
advised that the classes began in October, 1957, at Academy
Hall, o53 Broadway, New York City, With the beginning of
the second series of classes In January, 1958 , the classes
were held at Adelphi Hall, J'4 5th Avenue, New York City.

These classes have also included the Sunday Evening Forums, / )
all of which have been administrated by HAROLD COLLINS
The classes have always been referred to by the various
Instructors as "the School" or as "classes on Marxist theory"
and no formal name has ever been applied to the school.

_ . , , The schedule of classes for the 1958 Fall Term

listed the school as Faculty of Social Science, 80 East /

11th Street, New York City, with HERBERT APTHEKER as its
Director. j

HERBERT APTHEXER testified on July 14, 1954, in
the case US versus KUZMA, ET AL (smith Act), United States
District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He !

testified that he was, at that time, a member of the CP !

and that he . had been a member of the CP since 1939. He j

also testified that he had never been an officer in the I

CP, however, he had offered his services as a CP teacher.

He testified further that he had taught classes in
American History and theory of Marxism-Leninism under CP
auspices, and that all his writings since 1939 or 1940
had been consciously guided by what he thought was "light
of Marxism-Leninism."

APPENDIX

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE CONT ! D

adu ,, Pf3 .. ?? 1953, another confidential source

capaci^in^*^ 0 l ras actin S in an educational

at P ,r»i5 fch ; N ? w , yorfc State CP and as an instructor
at a CP caare training school.

The "DAILY V/OHKER" for April 5 Tocg __ u

DirS’ro 1 ’ ? 6ferS t0 f '“ X VJEISS as "National Educational
Director, Communist Party.” 1 i

of the £? bas been designated by the Attorney General

otaces pursuant to Executive Order 10450.

APPENDIX

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INDEPENDENT-SOCIALIST PALYY (ISP)

that the ~nf?2 fiden £ 1 f; 1 inforraant advised on June 18, 1953.
-net the platform of tne Independent-Socialist Partv (iSPl
w_s in^roauced and accepted by the ISP during organizing:
conferences held on June 13-15, 1958, in N°w York citv
Tne source stated the ISP platform was »ne which everv'

and was°an SJp S nlitfo 5t /,orkeTB Part y (SWP) could support
ana was an S/7P platform m every respect.

iqro tho f n ? th ? : T confidential source advised on October 7

control?^ k" ° plnion the ISP was dominated and

es”ablishLn- rS* SW and ? ad as its ultimate aim the
u blishmeru of a national labor party. Th - ’ s source

t^ cfmn^ d the M° ?e ° f the SWP leadership was that
tine IS? campaign xn New York City would develon into »

laDor party which eventually would become a national
labor party in the United States. national

= Prom its inception, the ISP has, in numerous
puoiic source material, been designated by several
vaiictions o. its name, the most frequently used beinn--

Election 6 ^ ^ ooialist Party, United Independent Socialist
f r 3 ^ on Oomerence, United Independent Socialist Parcv

Cam^ign 0 co^t S tee! rfcy the United Inda P^ d «nt Socialist

Broadway/^w^o^ty! 3 ° f the I3P are located at 799 /

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international publishers

by Alexander Trachtenberg? 1 * t ^ Party * 3 Publishing house, 1 headed

Party in the'n^iVl!^?^ 1 P ubl i shln 3 h0 «*e of the Communist
. United States, 1 and a mediua throtuch whi<?h i * Y f ori

sive Soviet propaganda is subsidized in the toiled States *

(Special Committee on Un-American Activities
Annual Reports, House Report 1476, January 3, 1940* d 8
St *°^ e un eP ° r n 2277, June 25, 1942, p. 18? also P J

V!? Rep0rt 1311 ° n the 010 Political
Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p. 76.) /

house. 1 ” 3 ’ ' omclal American Communist Party publishing

"(Committee on Un-Araerican Activities hohra
R eport 1920 on the Communist Party of the United
States as an advocate of overthrow of Government
by force and violence. May 11, 1948, p. 80 )"

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The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and
Publications, " revised and published as cf January*2,
1957, prepared and released by the Committee #n
Un-American Activities, United States House of
Representatives, Washington, D.C. , contains the following
concerning the "National Guardian":

"National Guardian / (

'*!• | Established by the American Labor Party

in 1947 as‘’a "progressive" weekly. * * *
Although it denies having any affiliation {

with the Communist Party, it has (

manifested itself from the beginning
as a virtual official propaganda arm ef
Soviet Russia. 1

(Committee en Un-American Activities, j

Report, ’Trial by Treason: The National /

Committee to Secure Justice for the ;

Rosenber^s and Morton Sobell,’ August 25,

1956, p. 12)" •

APPENDIX

HEW WORLD REVIEW

The "Guide To Subversive Organizations and
Publications,” revised and published as of January 2, 1957,
reflects the following concerning New World Review:

"1. Cited as an organization specializing
In pro-Soviet propaganda. It was formerly known as Soviet
Russia Today,

"(Internal Security Subcommittee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans
S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 90.)"

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APPENDIX

A v.-?skly newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party.

j The Socialist
by thw ru.uC.iity General
Executive Order 10450.

Workers Party has been designated f
of the United States pursuant to ^

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PEACE PUBLICATIONS

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1r . , J958< A confidential source furnished

Information which Indicated that HELEN ALFRED was then listed
?L D i re0t °L Of Pea ? e Publications Fund, which was located at
*“®^aame£ddress given for Peace Publications In Mew York

weeklv

”The Worker, an East Coast Communis t/newspaper.

??i?TA2 b !fti^ 1957, carried on lts aasthead the name
HELEN LILLIAN ALFRED as one of the owners of Publishers

New Press, Inc., which publishes "The Worker."^-

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WORLD PEACE

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The "Guide To Subversive Organizations and
Publicafibns, w revised and published as of January 2,

1957# 4?efiects the following concerning World Peaee Council:

"1. Cited as having been formed at the conclusion
of the Second World Peace Congress in Warsaw and which was
heralded by the Moscow radio as *the expression of the
determination of the peoples to take into their own hands the
struggle for peace . 1

"(Committee on Un-American Activities, House
Report 378 on the Communist *Peace* Offensive,

April 25, 1951* originally released April 1, 1951 ,

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^; s# following DU BOIS f s return. Most recent
inf omat ion reflects that DU BOIS will return to the U.S.

ReBulet under the above caption advised that thp
Bureau was interested in the plans of the CP on the Presentation
of the Lenin Peace Prize to DU BOIS and set forth infractions

and < he ?u reau promptly of the CP's plans in this regL-d

and to advise the Bureau in advance regarding the date and E
place of the presentation ceremonies JU yi

that

OIS prefers to have presentation ceremonies in September

unt?T I m e inTo S t J? is lnformat ion the CP has decided to P wait
JP** 1 DU B0IS returns to the United States in order that
JPff ®? nava a discussion with him before completing

irK ei nr. P J anS for the Presentation of the Lenin Peace Prize
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2K 1A * ED ’" ARD SraOHARDT DU BOIS, aka

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position of Negroes or persons of V
aves were liberated In 1863 and lot
They also hear about vide sp:
continue their struggle for e
newspaper reports, these have been
on allowing Negroes to attend
various colours of skin and of various
i , have often convinced the Euroi

citizens; by way of conJ

and even holders of the Nobel prize
Presence in the USA of a degree of 2
What la the truth? - Europeans as

ana political equality,
violence. The Negroes
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of former Black slaves
complete equality with White
coloured statesmen
have revealed the
civilised country,

lshed iA h :^TLT d rr real \ t7 1 ln b0th 0i ” es ‘ HesT0 Elaver y has been
In arc still iV B • at least 5.000,000 OS Inhabitants of Negro

l ar J n ' 1 "': lT lng ln majority of US Negroes can

, 0f the “ are “ * et illiterate. They are being pushed

■d of Lit 1 l POVerty ** «* «y»tem of private capitalism and” rail

; ^ tTS.” 1 "* In fact - the hish — - ^ - «

p ai_y paid by the money underpaid to Negro workers n»c<.

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after the crisis ln the thirties the majori
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Re: WILLIAM DU BOIS

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end, essentially, constitute e part of capitalist organisations. Since the US
Sore rumen t established its control carer the Issue of passports for travelling abroBd
this control has been used for preventing those Negroes from travelling Abroad vho
erltlclae the racialist system in tha USA, Thus, for example, Fsul lobes on was
^deprived of hi« passport for seven years, ’ Z also waa refused a passport, although
.Ttegroea who favourably described America or leapt silent about the raelal situation
„>£n the USA could get passports.

countries and discrimination against the coloured population st home, This led
the attempts to Introduce reforma in the system of public primary schools, Inde]
schools for Hegroes , which achieved certain successes t han ks to the efforts of tl
Kegroes themselves and to the aid of White philanthropists were formed. But as
general education embraced ever wider strata of negroes and as charity worsened,
position of the Negro schools became worse. The States were unable to support
parallel system of schools for Whites end negroes. The only solution was to cr
a single school system embracing all races. Such an Interpretation of the Cons
was supported by the Supreme Court, However, the majority of former slave-owni:
Southern States opposed this. Their attitude has led to such incidents as in L
Rock.

This problem has still to be solved if one Is to eliminate the last
vestiges of slavery, at leest In education. It represents only s part of more
serious problems, which are not only of a racial character. The matter concerns,
first of all, the problems of labour and wages. The US Hegroes need socialism.

They need something similar to what is possessed by the national minorities In the
Soviet Union: the opportunity to develop their own national culture, preserving
their historic traditions, and to develop their art and culture. Only in this way
will it be possible to preserve the originality of their music and dances and the rest
of this cultural heritage. Furthermore, the Negroes should have employment according
to their abilities and receive wages according to their needs. This is the aim of
communism, but the Negroes do not know about it. The leaders of the Negro people
make a serious mistake and often force them to support the "witch-hunting campaigns

directed against communism.

If the American Negroes and all other Americans of all colours of skin could
take Into consideration everything that is today happening in the world, if they could
study the history of Russia and China, If they could acquaint themselves with the
teaching of Marx and Lenin, they would support socialism. However, at present the
US primary schools do not teach this. The US colleges pay little attention to these
subjects. Socialism Is presented as a failure, and communism as a crime.

This, however, cannot lost for ever. Despite various obstacles, the
number of literate Negroes Is Increasing, Thanks to the aid rendered by their
White friends, the effectiveness of Negro organisations is growing. One day the
Negroes will attain complete liberation not only from slave labour, but also from
wage slavery and from racial hatred.

The Negroes have already made their contribution to history. They helped
the USA In the liberation from the yoke of ■ the British Empire. Five million

i Negroes fought for the abolition of slavery In the USA, and Abraham Lincoln

, emphasised that without their aid the North would have been unable to achieve victory

l In the Civil War In 1861-1864. American literature has been oreated mainly by

2 Negroes, either by Hegro writers of Negro heroes In literary works. Art is to a

great extent of Negro origin. American science Is irredeemably Indebted to Benjamin
& . (?Domlcker),.lTJ°bn Mesteliger) and Ernst Just. Had Hegro children been able In the

' post 25 yearB to have the same education as Soviet children, all human values would

£ have been preserved.

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DIRECTOR, FBI (100-99729)
SAC, NEW YORK IHKHB

UNITED SI

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The 6/28/59 Issue of "The Wo
contained atn article by WILLIAM L. PAT
Horae Dr . DU BOIS", which stated in the
We shall be present when you are awar

page 16, column 4,

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to last paragraph.

'September $4, 1959
VIA LIAISON

Ky dear Hr. Hagsrty:

_ . „ .H??? Bureau has received information that Dr.

and Mrs. William B. B. DuBois of Hew York City will attend
the reception at the Soviet Embassy in Washington this

+ 1 * iS B° ssible that the Soviet Government may
consider this a suitable time to make a public award to

♦hio^ 113018 °£u thQ 1959 Lenin Peace Prize he won in May of
this year. This conjecture is strengthened by the fact

***** ^2?°^ ° f * ho t^dtviduals awarded a Lenin Prize' was
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Furthermore, the Inter-
national Lenin Peace Prize Committee was h. —

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3kobeltsyn < **» Mu»o«incing the prize *
winners, stated concerning PuBois that he "is

S?,^.‘L""v , ?r lnstt * «^S2«S •SCS’SJ* 1 ’

•ceid^ • * 2 ot *® r »”«”• cooing out against the

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through Chairman Skobeltayn* In announcing the prise
Vinners, stated concerning DuBoim that he "is passionately
and consistently exposing the imperialist policy of the
United States and other powers, coming out against the
•cold war , 1 for freedom and independence of the colonial
peoples and for science to he used exclusively in the
interests of progress and higher living standards for the
peoples."

Sincerely yours.

NOTE ON YELLOW:

Subject on Security Index. He is American Negro
author and lecturer who was awarded one of the 1959 Lenin
Prizes by the Soviet Government.

H has advised he learned that DuBois and wi le were to
“visit Washington 9-24-59 to attend a reception at the Soviet
Embassy for Premier Khrushchev. Possibility exists that
award of the Lenin Peace Prize will be publicly made
to DuHis at this function. DuBois has been described as a
concealed communist, has been associated with 29 communist

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The subject was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize
along with NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV in May, 1959* while visiting in
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The referenced Bulet advised that the Bu is
interested in the plans of the CP to capitalize on the
presentation of the Lenin Peace Prize to Dr. DU BOIS and set
forth instructions to advised the Bu .in advance , of the CP’s
plans in this regard.

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Prom:

John. Sdgar Hoover , Director

Subject i KILL I AH £. B. DuBOIS
SZOtmilY UATIdB - c

The October 11, 1959, tsaue of The Worker H contains
on article indicating that Dr. DuBois was made an honorary member
of the Hungarian Academy of Science. The article does not
indicate the date, but states that Tibor Zabor, Charge (fSg.ffaires
of the Legation of the Hungarian People's Republtc, \

award to I)r . BuTois at the headquarters of the Hungarian c '
Delegation to the United Nations. & cj

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Enclosed herewith are 6 copies of a letterhead

on of Lenin Peace Prise to
Dr. W.E.B. DU BOIS)

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AFRO-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION

November 12, 195 SMHmHB who has furnished
reliable information in the past, Advised that the Chicago
Council of American-Soviet Friendship (CCASF) and the Afro-
American Heritage Association {AAHA) co-sponsored a function
of the 42nd Anniversary' of the Russian Revolution an
the 28th Anniversary of the founding of diplomatic relations
between the United States and the U.S.S.R., said function
being held on November lip 1959* -at 32 West Randolph Street,
Chicago, Illinois. Source advised that the if Satured speakers
at this function were Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and Mitrofan P.
Fedorin, a Soviet Official from the U.S.S.R. Embassy.

Concerning the speec hes mad® by the above mentioned
.s at this functions, vised that the
.he address by DrJL^^^wBois was ” Co— existence,
m, and Peace”. iflHHH^dvised that Dr. W.E.B.

*ke on a recent world tc ur he had taken which had
V ° *° the » visit to China,

CLASS. A EXT. BY
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Co-sponsored by v the Chicago Council of iBoric&n-Sovitt
Friendship (CCASF) and the Afro-American Heritage Association
(AAHA) , in honor of the 42nd Anniversary of the Bussian
Revolution and the 26th Anniversary of the founding of
diplomatic relations between the United States and the
U.S.S.R. This function was held on November 11, 1959 at
32 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. The featured
speakers at this function were Dr. W.E.B. DU BO IS who spoke
on the subject "Co-Existence, Colonialism, and Peace**, and
MITROFAN P. FEDORIN, a first secretary of the USSR Embassy,
Washington, D.C.

CHICAGO COUNCIL OP AUBI GAN-
SOVIET FRIENDSHIP

AFRO-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION

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where he was feted by top Government Leaders on the occasion
of his 91st birthday. DuBoia in his speech, noted that his
trip to China «f recent date, was the first trip he had

8 £ nc 2 1936 - He Slid that on this recent
trip he was within the borders of China for 9 weeks and that
everything he saw in that country fills hin with admiration
for the Chinese people. DuBois claimed that the Chinese
people, under the Chinese People's Eepublie, have made
tremendous strides. He claimed that the industrialization
of various industries and plants in China has brought,

fT. a l?I? Spe I ity to ? he G* 1111 ® 8 ® people. He said that the Chinese,
or8 ? ni f in K their industry , have also tremendously
organized their schools. He stated that children in China
and also in Russia, come first. He noted that children in
China are not permitted to become a degenerate group. He
also stated that they were not permitted to become subject

ih. a «^f’!^ t w c i decadent H ® “aid this pertains to children in

the Soviet^ Union p-. as- ia .Chfe&Jfcai infancy on. He noted
that the discipline et the children in the school, particularly

? ot hindered by religious teaching, is such that
the children’s actions are closely controlled and they are
not permitted to do as they please, such as they are in the
United States. DuBois stated that in spite of this closely
controlled discipline taught in the schools and the homes in
China, the Chinese children appear to be very contented.

According to DuBois, the excellent school systems that China
and Russia have developed under the Socialist System are
such that they outstrip both Western Europe and the United
States in their current teachings

on a hea! . C °“ ented
compared it to the health program which England had adopted
and where he stated the Tories tried to do away with it but
were prevented from doing so by the people. DuBois also
claimed that the Chinese people because of their present
form of Government,; are. advanced in their freedom and
liberties. He stated that all the Chinese people look
forward with confidence to the future. DuBois noted that
the Chinese people are giving their Government wonderful
cooperation. Itaring his speech, DuBois referred to Dr.

Sun Yat Sen as the great liberator of China. During his

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^over, thr^it“d smef problea3 «

Or. Sun Tat Sen turned to Eussia L? J%i P *2? ^consequently,
-that the Suasions sent f h fi p * 1)113018 stated

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to DuBois, with the he Id at bJmi. ®S* ean Yat Sen, according
Western Colonial £Lt2~ out ot China, the

concluded by noting that China B( ece War Lords. -OuBois

history. So stated iSlfJ Si“^s\\?^??', i V ha ;* inK
no long as the United States ie»<M.i.*r£f cle if? d and that
the united States, ft stated S»f Chin a sill ignore

Bussla and other Socialist Peonies™ pr ?“* nt tine, Soviet

help China. He concluded bv aavie^Ti,^** 0nl ? OBe “ who will
*he world, who are under tS !I? r J7 h * re ln

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0iina and Russia. was one of friendship and peace. She stated
w tosb&nd , Dr. DaBois, had travelled in excess
of 7,000 piles within China. She said that her eyes were
opened by this trip and that she and her husband found Chinese
people to be the most friendly people in the world. She
also stated that Chinese people they had met could not do
enough for them. She noted that her husband had been
received by the heads of the Chinese Government at a reception
held for him in Peking, China, in honor of his 91st birthday
She stated that at -this reception, both she and her husband
received a tremendous ovation. Concerning the role of women
in China, Shirley Graham stated the Chinese women have a very
important role in China. She ^stated as an example of their
importance, that the Minister of Health in China is a woman
as is the Minister of Justice. Shirley Graham stated to
the audience that American women, in order to compete with their
Chinese equivalent, maist get together and work for peace and
friendship and freedom and liberty. She said that women
in the United States must also get into politics and start
a real political program for women. She stated that in order
to do thlsj women will have to start in the home. According to
source, Shirley Graham received the greatest ovation when
she spoke of the organization of women in the United States
for political purposes.

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... _ . * xea tnat it was too bad that formal presentation
?Q*Q hi ^® nin p * ace ***** could not be ude at this November 11?

He st ?J ed that he SVessod the Council would
have to wait for another opportunity .

In addition to the information concerning the
■eeting^set^out above, it is to be noted that the following
is set forth concerning the individuals ■entionedf^^,*

W.E.B. DuBois

1949 Pft^T h9 f3? ^k0^ ^ ,, * llinois edition, issue of February 13,

£°^ u ® m 1 > Magazine Section, carried an article
entitled Dr. DuBois Sees Africans on March to Liberation".

W#B#B * 1X15018 * 8 Vice-Chairman of the

Council on African Affairs.

newspaper .

"The Worker" is an E&st Cbast Communist weekly

on African Affairs is an organization
which has been designated by the Attorney General of the
united States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.

in *** lurnlshe d reliable informatio

in the past, on aepiemBer“21, 1951, furnished a letter of the
American Peace Crusade (APC) which identified Dr WEB
as a National Director of the APC. enxiIlea "• ^Bois

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; so advised that when Dr. DuBois was
introduced he was introduced as a fearless leader for peace
Source stated that no mention was made concerning the generally
known fact that Dr. w w n n.,^ D — - ^ient of an ^

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EDWIN GORDON FOX, 7147 Jeffrey Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois (now deceased), made available in January, 1954, the
ft First Annual Report CCASF", an undated publication which stated
that the Chicago Council of American-Soviet Friendship (CCASF)
was Incorporated in July, 1943* This document stated, ,T The
Councils affiliation with the National Council of American-
Soviet Friendship was validated August 11 (1943). The present
name was adopted to conform to standard national practice. It
should be noted, however, that the Chicago Council is entirely
autonomous; the government of its affairs rests exclusively in
the hands of its Chicago Executive Board. "

A source advised on June 20, 1956, that at an Execu-
tive Committee meeting of the CCASF, an officer of the organiza-
tion stated that the aims of the Council were peaceful co-
existence and friendship with the USSR.

A second source advised on May 11, 1959, that the
CCASF continues to use its facilities for the purpose of pro-
pagandizing for international peace and cultural exchange with
the USSR. This source advised that even though the CCASF^ claims
to be autonomous, leaders of the group are frequently in contact
with, and its program closely follows that of, the National
Council of American-Soviet Friendship.

The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship has
been designated by the Attorney General of the United States
pursuant to Executive Order # 10450.

This memorandum is loaned to you by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and neither it nor its contents axe to be
distributed outside the agency to which loaned.

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SUBJECT:

SAC, NEW YORK

PMSEmATI01^«F_X^I^ PEACE PRIZE TO
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to be made in San Francisco during the last week' in November. ^

Information has been recently received bv thp

S»t h h^ iCate ? tha ^ the su bJect *s tour^has°been oomplet
tnac he has returned to NY. [jj *

that - mrrr^i date ^ no information has been received indicating
that a formal presentation of the Lenin Peace Prize (LPP) has S

™ a< ? e t0 DU ™ IS * No additional information has been received

LPP^tc> n Dlj e B0IS a formal Presentation of the

nrr to nu BOIS. No additional information has been receivpri

concerning any future plans of the CP, to caoitalilS on the
presentation of the LPP to DU BOIS. S ‘

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Re: Chicago Council of American-

Soviet Friendship, Afro-American
Heritage Association

internal Security - C naciM

Hsinhua News Agency press releases of February 23,
1959* revealed, under Peking date, February 22, 1959,
that Premier Chou En-Lai had received Du Bois and his wife
that evening, and had given a dinner for them. According
to this article, Du Bois and his wife were members of the
World Peace Council, (WPC).

This- document- -<i contains neither recommendations nor
conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and is a loan to your agency; it

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